Justin Bieber and his pet monkey Mally

Teen pop sensation Justin Bieber seems to be literally reeling in shock after his breakup with singer Selena Gomez last year. First, he went public about his breakup with Gomez in his single, then got into a messy clash with the paparazzi, and after that fainted during his London tour onstage. More recently, he also got into a ‘spit’ spat with a neighbor. What more, Justin?

And now, the latest is his painful separation from his dear pet Mally. The singer, who is on his latest European tour, was prevented from carrying the monkey aboard his private plane in Germany. The monkey, a capuchin, was gifted by his friend and producer Mally Mall when the singer had turned 19 this year.

Apparently Bieber’s celeb charm didn’t go down well with the stern German officials at the Munich airport. They found the pet ‘dangerous’ and even fined him for sneaking it in. The officials gave lack of proper health documents as the reason to prevent him from entering the European Union with the animal. An official said, ‘You cannot just land with a wild animal and bring it into the country if the flight has not originated from another EU country and you don’t have the proper paperwork.’

The small-sized capuchin monkeys are known for their affinity with humans and considered extremely intelligent. At the same time, a few wildlife experts say that usually these monkeys can be quite aggressive and can even attack their owners when they attain maturity, which is said to be approximately around five years of age.

The monkey has since then been kept in an enclosed area. A sad Bieber who is attached to his pet, had to leave it at the airport before continuing his tour. Perhaps he thought that if pop legend Michael Jackson could carry his pet chimpanzee Bubbles, even he could.

The capuchins are considered popular as pets in the United States. But, what Bieber forgot was that Germany followed its own laws. Guess he should have done more homework before carrying his pet. Nevertheless for now, he will have to be without his pet until he completes his tour.

The Canadian singer is slated to perform in Hamburg, Frankfurt, Dormund and Cologne in Germany, during the first week of April.

Fiction is very scary but nothing scares like facts. A true story can elicit more emotions in the reader than a figment of someone’s imagination, however wonderful and real it may seem to be. The true story in question is about the sensational murder case of 2004 which first accused and later convicted Chris Porco of killing his father and maiming his mother threw the spotlight on the state capital Albany.

Lifetime aired “Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story” on March 23 night and invariably led people to wonder whether the real convicted Chris Porco, now serving 50 to life, would have tried to stop the airing of the film had he seen it. It might even make people wonder if he had been wrongly accused of the crime. He was convicted of murdering his dad and assaulting his mom while they were asleep in their Delmar home. He allegedly committed the crime with an intention of collecting their $2 million insurance money. Even while serving his 50 year sentence, Porco maintains his innocence. A number of other people closely associated with him also believe in him, including his mother.

Although the film, heavily influenced by the headlines of those days, aims to reduce the gravity of the crime to a mere gasp of horror at some despicable villain, the film strangely plays out like a documentary.

The film, the airing of which was contested by Porco stating that it violates his rights, lays out in a neat fashion the manner in which Porco could have committed the crime. It doesn’t, however, declare that he had actually committed the crime even though the film falls short of giving any other alternative perception.

21 year old resident Chris Porco, played by Matt Barr, is accused of murdering his father and disfiguring his mother Joan (Lolita Davidovich) with an axe in their sleep. The savage act becomes more horrific when lead detective Joe Sullivan (Eric McCormack) believed that Joan had in fact identified Chris Porco as her attacker. Later, Joan retracted her alleged statement and rallied behind her son and proclaimed his innocence. Many of Chris’s former friends and girlfriends also believed him. However, he was finally convicted of second-degree murder. The prosecutors lead the case in such a way that Chris was projected as a deviant sociopath who is cunning enough to keep his lies hidden.

The complete tragedy of watching the film can best be described in the words of Albany District Attorney David Soares, “To see it all being poured through in a matter of minutes and there are moments that I remember living and they were very personal moments.” Is this one networks perception of the truth or is it the complete truth? Well, that depends on your perception.

At the wake of host Joy Behar’s departure from the show, fans of The View may just face another blow with the recent rumor mill stating that host Elisabeth Hasselbeck may be forced to bid adieu too, in the near future.

Fellow host and creator Barbara Walters has denied there being any truth to the rumor, however, sources have claimed that ABC is considering revamping the show, in an attempt to boost its ratings, and Hasselbeck and her conservative ways may be the first to be shown the door.

The show is no stranger to a controversial change in hosts, with many of them being denied a renewal in their contracts, for fear of tarnishing the image of The View. Behar’s announcement to leave the show was met with much sadness by co-hosts and fans alike, as she was looked at as the only steady aspect of the show, with her being a part of it for over 16 years.

The View is considered to be one of America’s top daytime talk shows, with a constant rise in success since its inception in 1997, with Behar playing a major part in its popularity. With what started off a stint as a guest-host had her bagging a permanent position as one of the full-time hosts in the show. Her calm, diplomatic, funny demeanor won many hearts, with her accumulating a large fan base the world over, ever since.

Back in 1997, along with Behar, the show was hosted by Star Jones, Meredith Vieira, Barbara Walters, and Debbie Matenopoulos.

Debbie was the first of a long list of hosts, to leave the show, as a result of her being constantly ridiculed by critics stating that she didn’t have what it took to be a talk show host. She left in 1999, to be replaced by Lisa Ling, who later also left the show in 2002.
Ling’s departure paved the way for Hasselbeck, who made her entrance on The View in 2003 after a 3 week on-air trial, with her competing against Erin Hershey Presley, and Rachel Campos-Duffy.

Vieira was next to leave in 2006, in order to co-host the news program Today, on NBC.

The same year, Star Jones exited the view, and was replaced by Rosie O’Donnell, whose wit and animated candor helped boost the rating of the show to great heights. However, her vocal liberal political views, and her constant feuds with Hasselbeck for her more conservative stand, saw O’Donnell’s exit from the show in 2007. It came as no surprise that the show’s rating dropped drastically after her departure.

Eventually Whoopi Goldberg was appointed in an attempt to replace O’Donnell’s candid, comical banter…a feat that Goldberg has managed to successfully achieve, ever since.
Sherri Shepherd, then completed the 5 member team…bringing an abrupt halt in the relentless changes in hosts, with the 5 becoming the renowned faces of The View since 2007.

Now, with the departure of Behar, and the possibility of Hasselbeck leaving the show too, fans wonder who will come in next. Unfortunately, only time will tell. Till then all we have are speculations to feed on.

Could you ever forget Rose DeWitt Bukater of Titanic? People always love Kate Winslet for living the character in the movie. All of us would expect much more from the Oscar Winner in every movie she acts. An actor of enormous talent and stunning style, Winslet as we know has starred many hits like “Sense and Sensibility”, “Quills” for which she has also received awards of honor. Being termed as one of the top beauties of the world by a UK based magazine in 2006, she carries away her fans with a newer experiment upon her looks every time she’s on a venture.

Kate’s Interview to Harper’s Bazaar UK

• Winslet revealed all her failures in her previously wedded live s where she accepts that she has understood all her quests and says she found the right route to Self discovery.
• In an interview to Harper’s Bazaar UK, Winslet stated that her appreciations would go nowhere except to the movies that she has done so far.
• She goes on to unveil the truth that her experiences with her projects have given her enormous faith and confidence to move on with life. She finally stressed the statement that her life has gotten a perfect mould with her experiences.
• Richard Branson, a famous English entrepreneur, is related to Ned RocknRoll as uncle.

Divorce & Marriage

• Kate Elizabeth Winslet lived for five whole years with artist Stephen Tredre where he died due to a cancer in his skeletal system. This is why she wasn’t unable to attend the Titanic’s Premiere in Los Angeles.
• In 1998, Winslet tied the knot with Jim Therapleton while acting in Hideous Kinky. They were no more a couple from 2001.
• The gorgeous woman then married Sam Mendes the same year of her disconnection with Therapleton. Mendes and Winslet are the most loved couple who were popularly talked of having a romantic bonding.
• Her date with Louis Dowler, an English fashion model, ended in no time in the years of 2010 and 2011.
• Winslet dated Ned RocknRoll, which soon grew to a strong relationship. They married in 2012. Winslet and Ned relocated to West Sussex, UK from USA thereby. Their secret marriage happened in the end of 2012 in New York.

Most people might be astonished by this new marriage of Kate Winslet, but all you could predict is a strong relationship within the newly wedded stars, after reading Kate’s statements about her new spouse.

The comedy film ‘The Incredible Burt Wonderstone’ stars Steve Gray (Jim Carrey), Doug Munny (James Gandolfini), Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell), Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi), Jane (Olivia Wilde) and Rance Holloway (Alan Arkin).

Directed by Don Scardino, the film is about Burt Wonderstone and Anton Marvelton who are childhood friends and the best magician duo in Las Vegas. The plot centers on their earlier days of glory and how one unfortunate incident changes everything. Jane (Wilde) plays the duo’s glamorous assistant. While Wonderstone vainly basks in his magician stardom, his partner keeps tolerating his arrogant ways.

While the magicians are rapidly losing their former glory, and their ticket sales take a plunge, a shrewd street magician Steve Gray (Carrey) cashes-in and starts gaining popularity. With his incredible stunts, he ends up stealing all their shows.

Meanwhile the wealthy casino owner Doug Munny (Gandolfini) threatens to end their contract because of their downfall. The magicians decide to do everything to get back their top slot. In this bid, during one of their acts, Burt accidentally injures Anton, following which the duo part ways. Anton ends his ties with Wonderstone and shifts to the Far East. The next part showcases the fall of Wonderstone whose vanity gets the better of him, making him lose all that he had during his career. Following his fall, Wonderstone ends up performing in a retirement home where he meets Arkin, the magician who was the first to inspire him to become a magician at the beginning of his career.

In Carrell’s words, ‘He (Wonderstone) is incredibly narcissistic, burned out and self-centered. He needs to rekindle his friendship with his best friend (Marvelton) and needs to find himself and his love of magic again. It’s a very identifiable story. … I thought it was a hilarious world. It was something I had never seen before in a comedy.’

Describing Jane’s character, Carrell says, ‘She’s tougher and more intelligent and focused than the women he’s accustomed to dating.’ Jim Carrey has played characters like Truman Burbank, Lloyd Christmas, Ace Ventura and Joel Barish. He says, ‘My character is one of those guys who would mess his hair up for three hours to show he doesn’t care.’

The film premiered as the opening film of the SXSW festival and was introduced by Steve Carell, Jim Carrey, and Olivia Wilde.

The three pop divas Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Demi Lovato have taken a leap to the top of the Social 50 chart this week.

The American singer/songwriter/actress Mariah Carey got nearly 10 million Facebook Likes, following the success of her latest single Almost Home from the recently released film ‘Oz The Great and Powerful’. The track highlights Carey’s ‘amazing range and powerful voice.’ In Carey’s words, ‘Almost Home has a message that works beautifully with the film. It’s a feel-good record; it gives you the feeling of reaching your home and being with people that you love.’ She has risen from the 46th to 31st rank on the chart recently. Last year, she had been ranked second on VH1’s list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music.

Meanwhile, the Trinidadian-born American rapper/ singer/songwriter/television personality Nicky Minaj moved up from the 16th to 6th rank in the charts with the increasing popularity of her number Freak performed with co-artiste French Montana. Minaj and French Montana have given the video a touch of Dancehall, Jamaican genre of popular music and hip-hop, adding a Caribbean flavor to it. The video became viral on the internet soon after its release on March 7. About the video, French Montana said, ‘I just feel like that was the perfect song for her. We could’ve did a strip club song. We just wanted to do something that was big. We both from New York, so I feel like this made sense.’

American singer-songwriter/musician/actress Demi Lovato’s video for her latest single Heart Attack that was released on March 1 raised her ranking in the charts from the 20th to the 12th rank. Speaking about her new album, the X Factor USA judge said, ‘For a while, I could tell that when people would talk to me they knew my story. I think I’ve opened up more on this album. My life began to evolve and I started to grow. These are songs about the celebration of life and how rewarding it can be. This is what this album is about.’

Tony Stark is back!!!

Since the release of it’s very first trailer back in October 2012, and not to mention its spot at the Super Bowl XLVII this year, fans have been waiting with baited breath for Iron Man 3’s release. One can never get enough of Tony Stark of course.

However, the creators of the movie seem bent upon not giving out too much information on it, at one go. So far we’ve witnessed around 3 different trailers to the upcoming flick, from which one can only surmise that this time around, Tony Stark is not going to be the happy camper we’ve known him to be.

Over the Iron Man series, Stark (played by Robert Downey Jr.) has attained a reputation for being one of the classiest superheroes of all time. He’s suave, stylish, a playboy, intelligent, and has a way with words. His quips can easily mislead one into pegging him for a man whose survival is based on pure luck, but will, later, blow them away with his quick-thinking, brilliant ways.

Stark has displayed a more vulnerable side to him every now and then till date…one that lurks beneath his suit of armor away from visibility, and masked by his banter when exposed.

However, in the third installment of the series, fans may witness a Stark who’s more in touch with reality, than ever before. With his personal world in complete turmoil, where everything he owns and loves is destroyed, or on the brink of destruction, Tony Stark plays an angry, defenseless man, who’s out with a vengeance.

Mandarin (Ben Kingsley) is his arch nemesis, a villain who will stop at nothing to destroy our favorite superhero. He blows up Stark’s Malibu home…a place where, if most of you remember, also houses all of Stark’s inventions, including an army of robots. Not only is Stark’s life at stake here, but also the love-of-his-life’s… Pepper Pott’s (Gwyneth Paltrow).

Stark is now on a quest to find those responsible for blowing his life apart…but he’s not alone. Stark’s best friend Lt. Col. James “Rhodey” Rhodes, aka War Machine, will also be fighting alongside Iron Man. He even comes with his own red, silver and blue suit, which seems quite fitting for a character who also works in the US Air Force, by day.

The role of Rhodey will be reprised by actor Don Cheadle, again, who replaced actor Terrence Howard, in the second series.

Other stars who are due to make an appearance in the movie again include, Tony’s bodyguard Happy Hogan, played by Jon Favreau. It’s being directed by Shane Black, and is set to release on May 3.

Unfortunately, that’s all we’re aware of, of the movie so far, but hope to acquire more information in the near future…along with an extra dosage of Tony Stark. If not, then May 3rd it is.

It seems Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux may edge past Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and win the race to the altar. People Magazine had reported that the wedding bells for this cute couple are just around the corner. The plans and preparations for the wedding are well underway as Jennifer Aniston has allegedly chosen her wedding dress, ring, and picked up the wedding date as well.

In stark contrast to her 1 million dollar wedding she had with actor Brad Pitt almost 12 years ago, this time around Jennifer wants a simple and solemn wedding with Justin. The Friends actress plans to marry Justin Theroux in a simple ceremony at St George Greek Orthodox Church. Jennifer Aniston apparently attended this church as a child with her grandmother and she had donated $25,000 to the church.

“It will be a small affair with their closest friends,” a source close to Aniston told the People Magazine “Jennifer is crazy about Justin and can’t wait to be his wife. They both have the same work ethic and love to bounce ideas off each other,” the source continued. “Jen seems more confident than ever, and they’ve become a great team.”

There is more reaching our ears than just the wedding plans. It seems Jennifer is breaking the molds of Hollywood tradition and is planning on adopting the family name of her husband. Apparently, Aniston finds her screenwriter-actor’s family name, Theroux to be ‘very posh’ sounding. The insider continued, “She plans on privately changing her name to Theroux. She likes the way it sounds and jokes that [Jennifer Theroux] sounds very posh.”

Aniston and Theroux got engaged in August, after dating for just over a year. They met during the filming of ‘Wanderlust’ in 2011. Since then they have been working really hard keeping their relationship work. Aniston is presently working on her latest film, ‘Untitled Elmore Leonard Project’. While she is currently on the last leg of shooting, production wraps up on March 8. There are strong currents to suggest that Jennifer and Justin’s wedding will follow soon. Jennifer was married to Brad Pitt for 5 years from 2000 to 2005.

Well, as for me, I am just waiting to see what Jennifer will wear down the aisle for her big day. After her stunning red look for the Oscars, Jennifer’s wedding gown and ring are certainly going to be the talk of the town in the days to come.

Remember American Idol in all its glory? It was the first reality show to debut in TV. The show was an instant hit and budding singers were given an excellent platform to showcase their talents. However, now the scenario has changed. For one, American Idol is not the only reality show for singing any longer. People have started looking at it as a very old-school show. In the hopes of saving the show and increase the TRP rating, Jennifer Lopez was roped in the last time. However, the star hardly stayed with the show and she left after two seasons. This season, the producers had gone to great extent to bring in known celebrities to the judge’s table. This year’s judging panel includes Randy Jackson, Mariah Carey, Keith Urban and Nicki Minaj.

Is Nicki Minaj leaving?

Well, there are fresh speculations that Nicki Minaj might give up Indian Idol for her latest album. The star has been one of the busy bodies off late. Just before she made her debut in the American Idol, Minaj had to give up her latest album Pink Friday. Now, buzz is that she is ready start with her new project. “It’s possible, but for right now, I’m about to shoot another single off The Re-Up,” she told MTV news. “The song is called ‘High School’ with Wayne. And then [I'll] start working on that follow-up album.” When reporters asked if she will be giving up the reality show’s judging table, she said, “I’ll be doing it here in L.A. while I’m shooting ‘Idol.” She confirmed that she will not be leaving Indian Idol anytime soon.

Hoping for a girl to win:

At present Minaj is dedicating her time to pick up the next American Idol winner. She hopes a girl wins this time, “The stars have aligned and the girls that have come to audition for us have had just had strong voices like I don’t know what,” she said. “We narrowed it down to some great girls. I think we did a great job picking amazing voices, so I am actually hoping a girl wins this year,” she added.